Petra Kvitova came out on top of a three-set battle with Ekaterina Alexandrova to reach her first Miami Open semi-final at the 13th attempt.
One break decided each set as the Czech’s early lead was soon cancelled out by Alexandrova, before Kvitova made a late breakthrough in the decider and kept her nerve to serve out the match.
The match was delayed by 24 hours by rain before the 33-year-old sealed a 6-4 3-6 6-3 victory in a gruelling two hours and 12 minutes to set up a semi-final clash…
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